Improved bed-bottom



@anni @ffice JOSEPH J. BAXTER, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN-.-

Lem/rs Patent No. 81,752, datedlMm-ch 16, 1869.

IMPRovED 'BED-BOTTOM The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentand :nz-:Mug parl: of the same.

To all whom it 'mo/y concern Be L known that I, JOSEPH J. BAXTER, ofGrand Rapidsin the county of Kent, and'State of Michigan, have in enteda new and. useful Improvement in Bed- Bottoms; an/d I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and 'exact description thereof', referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the'letters The coiledsprings B are bent in a conical form, asl shown in iig. 1, with thebroad end of the coil upward,

for the canvas to rest upon, while the apex, or point of the coil, isattached to one of theseries of bars O, which are connected together bythe bars I).

At each'corner ofthe bedbottom is an oblique springi brace, E, the outerend of which is attached to the frame A, and the other end is attachedto the second bar, O.

- By the above-described arrangement ofsprin -braces, in connection withthe series of bars, G and B, t e coiled springs do not require the usualfastening with cords;

yet the Whole system of springs, and also the separate springs, are keptin proper place, and work in the best` manner.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim the combination of the oblique .spring-braces with the bars andthe coiled springs, substantially as set forth.

JOSEPH J BAXTER.

Witnesses:

M. W. BATES, S. W, BAXTER.

